The men's high jump event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.11 | 2.14 | 2.17 | 2.20 | 2.22 | 2.24 | 2.26 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| István Major | – | – | – | o | – | xo | xo | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | CR | ||
| Kęstutis Šapka | – | – | – | – | o | o | xxo | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.22 | ||||
| Jüri Tarmak | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.22 | ||||
| 4 | Jan Dahlgren | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.17 | |||||
| 5 | Vladimír Malý | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.17 | |||||
| 6 | Asko Pesonen | – | – | – | xo | – | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.17 | |||||
| 7 | József Tihanyi | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||||
| 8 | Roman Moravec | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||||
| 9 | Hans–Jörg Wildförster | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.11 | |||||||
| 9 | Rudolf Baudis | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.11 | |||||||
| 11 | Michel Le Goff | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.11 | |||||||
| 12 | Petar Bogdanov | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.08 | ||||||||
| 13 | Gian Marco Schivo | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 2.05 | ||||||||
| 13 | Csaba Dosa | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 2.05 | ||||||||
| 15 | Beat Tenger | o | o | xxx | 1.95 |